Red tape biggest barrier to government target of 300,000 new homes a year - Refurb

Bureaucracy, lack of cooperation and a dwindling SME builders market are the main blockades to reaching the government’s ambitious housing targets according to panellists at an event held by BLP Insurance and the British Property Federation on 3 July 2018.

The seminar, chaired by Liz Peace, CBE and Chair of the Old Oak and Park Royal, and with panellists Gareth Blacker, General Manager Homes England, Rowland Thomas, Director Close Brothers Property Finance, Ian Fletcher, Director of Policy the British Property Federation and Kate Davies, CEO Notting Hill Genesis, sought to address how the Government intends to deliver on its target of 300,000 new homes per year.